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Book's First Page52. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Yuva Karyakram aur Khel Mantralaya) (i) Department of Youth Affairs (Yuva Karyakaram Vibhag) (ii) Department of Sports (Khel Vibhag) INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENTS 53. Department of Atomic Energy (Parmanu Oorja Vibhag) 54. Department of Space (Antariksh Vibhag) APEX/INDEPENDENT OFFICE 55. Cabinet Secretariat (Mantrimandal Sachivalaya) 56. President’s Secretariat (Rashtrapati Sachivalaya) 57. Prime Minister’s Office (Pradhan Mantri Karyalaya) 58. NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons (NACWC) is a multi lateral international treaty which outlaws the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and their precursors. The CWC came into force with effect from 1997. By March 2016, 192 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW); an intergovernmental organization based in The Hague, Netherlands is the ‘treaty organisation’ for the CWC. The OPCW bagging the Nobel Peace Prize of 2013 is in recognition of the Convention as a very effective Disarmament Treaty. The National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC) was set up as an office of the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India to fulfil, on behalf of the Government of India, the obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and to act as the national focal point for effective liaison with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and other state parties on matters relating to the Convention. In 2000, Chemical Weapons Convention Act was passed by the Parliament which came into force in 2005. India is one of the four non-elected Members of the Executive Committee (consisting of 41 members from all over the world) of the OPCW. India has representation in the Advisory Body on Administrative and Finance (ABAF), the Confidentiality Commission, Network Committee on Assistance and Protection, Scientific Advisory Body (SAB) and the newly created Advisory Body on Education and Outreach (ABEO) of the OPCW. India is an active collaborator with OPCW and all other state parties in implementation of the provisions of the Convention. Project Monitoring Group Project Monitoring Group (PMG), is an institutional mechanism for resolving a variety of issues including fast tracking of approvals for setting up an expeditious commissioning of large Public, Private and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project. Project Monitoring Group (PMG) was set up in 2013 under cabinet secretariat. PMG is presently functioning under Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) since 2015. As part of its efforts to ensure timely disposal of applications submitted by investors, PMG is monitoring the development and operation of online digital platforms by various ministries and departments through its web portal e-nivesh monitor (e-nivesh.gov.in). The monitoring